If someone cares enough to type out his or her reactions to something I've written, I'm going to read it. I may be thrilled, I may be bummed, I may wonder what that person was tripping on, but I'd still rather have it than not.
Succinctly put, Terry! That's exactly how I feel about it.
It it is nice to know that you've written something that has everyone thinking or even disagreeing.
Unfortunately, you can't control how someone is going to read or interpret your story. Everyone views L/C and the situations they find themselves in through a lens unique to the reader. I guess you could make the argument that, as an author, if you just left no room for interpretation and absolutely stated what the story meant you could "control" people's views. I think half the fun of reading is if the writing is ambiguous enough to allow you to draw your own conclusions. Sometimes I'd rather make my own assumptions and be surprised when, later in the story, I realize how wrong I read it. As long as I can see where the author was always leading me to that point, that is.
And Terry, I never thought Clark killed Johnny. Like you said, he was on life support and Clark wasn't the one who pulled the plug.
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